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- PhD title: The COP That Was and Wasn't: COP 25's Impact on Chilean Climate Change Law and Governance
- 贰诲耻肠补迟颈辞苍:听LLM on Environmental Law and Policy, 果冻影院
- Email:听monserrat.cuenca.17@ucl.ac.uk
Monserrat Madariaga joined 果冻影院 as a PhD Candidate in March 2020. Her research, which is supported by a scholarship from the Government of Chile, focuses on the relationship between Civil Society and Climate Change Law and Government.
Monserrat听holds an LLM on Environmental Law and Policy from University College of London and is a qualified lawyer in Chile. Additionally, she has professional experience working as a legal advisor for the Chilean Government and for Civil Society, and she has lectured in different Chilean universities.
She currently works as research assistant for an interdisciplinary project at 果冻影院 Institute for Public Policy on Climate Change Loss and Damages, as well as a human rights research with 果冻影院 Professor Philippe Sands QC.
Research Supervisors
Areas of Expertise
Environmental Law, Climate Change Law and Administrative Law
果冻影院 Associations/Academic and Professional Memberships
- UKELA (UK Environmental Law Association), Student Member
- Law of the Sea Centre, Pontificia Universidad Cat贸lica de Valpara铆so, Researcher
Professional Experience
Since 2014, Monserrat has worked as a fully qualified lawyer offering advice or representing individuals, companies, civil society and public institutions in Chile on听cases concerning administrative law or environmental law. From 2015 to 2017 she听worked as a lawyer in the General Comptroller鈥檚 Office, Chile. She has lectured at听Universidad de Chile, Universidad de Valpara铆so, Pontificia Universidad Cat贸lica de听Valpara铆so and Universidad Tecnol贸gica Metropolitana, and currently at 果冻影院. 听
Public Engagements & Media Coverage
- Interview for , Australia on Climate Change and the Chilean Constitution Reform process, August 2022.
- Speaker at international panel on the 鈥楻ights of Nature鈥� spring symposium, Barry University, USA, April 2022.
- Speaker at Hackathon 鈥楿nveiling regional challenges on water scarcity, Business and Innovation unit, Pontificia Universidad Cato虂lica de Valparai虂so (Chile), June, 2021.
- Presentation at the Chilean Senate Committee for the Environment on the discussion of the Climate Change Act, January 2020.
- Speaker at Climate Change cycle of Talks hosted by PUCV, October 2019: 鈥淐op 25鈥�.
- Speaker at Climate Emergency: challenges for Chile and the World Seminar hosted by UTEM, 30th of September 2019: 鈥淭he legal framework for Climate Change and Climate Change Act project.鈥�
- Opening Lecture at Public Event 鈥淲hat should Chile commit at the Climate Change Global Agreement鈥�, hosted by PUCV and Environmental NGO, FIMA, 22-23 of August, 2019.
- Speaker at Seminar Environmental Disasters and the State Role, 25 of April, 2019: 鈥淭he need to enhance administrative control of environmental decisions鈥�.
Publications
Blog post: : comparative law lessons to make it real, in Red Chilena de Derecho Comparado, April 2022. Spanish version .
Policy brief: Co-Author, 鈥楻eflections on the Global Governance of Climate Change 鈥�, Climate Change Loss and Damages Project- Institute for Public Policy, 果冻影院, November 2021.
Blog post 鈥楥ops: Location, location, location鈥�, in 果冻影院 Centre for Law and Environment blog Climate Change and the Rule of Law, October 2021.
Journal article: Reflections on the drafting process of the climate change framework law. Environmental Law Review, 23(1), 2021, pp. 40-48.
Book chapter: Co-author, Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples, in Salinas (ed.) (NDC) and proposals from the Civil Society for Climate Action, Sociedad Civil por la Acci贸n Clim谩tica, 2020.
Blog post: 鈥� Reflections on hosting COP 25 from a TWAIL perspective鈥� in Cambridge International Law Journal, Edward Elgar Publishing, December 2020.
Policy Brief: Citizen Participation at the Climate Change Law), N潞 20, CR2 Universidad de Chile (Chile), June 2020.